The CTO Rescues portfolio: three decades of platforms built, commercialized, and prepared for a capital event — carbon registries, healthtech, iGaming, fintech, digital music commerce, marketing technology, enterprise ERP, and digital media.
View Engagements Book a Discovery CallA selection of platforms built, products commercialized, and companies prepared for capital events — spanning regulated industries, enterprise software, consumer technology, and sovereign digital infrastructure.
White-label casino platform where AI fixes what generic systems get wrong: graph-based AML, risk-tiered KYC, a lobby ranked for fit, and responsible gambling that overrides commercial models.
Full Case Study →A state-aware AI personal assistant and project manager built on Claude CLI and MCP — integrating WhatsApp, Google Workspace, OpenProject, and AWS S3 for sovereign, automated executive workflows.
Full Case Study →Designed and built an AI + ERP + Blockchain national carbon registry platform — reducing verification from 90 days to 7, enabling sovereign carbon market participation under Article 6.
Full Case Study →Architected single-wallet iGaming systems, HHR-integrated slot platforms, and consumer fan experience apps for licensed operators across the US market.
View Details →Led product development, HIPAA-compliant cloud architecture, and MVP-to-acquisition execution for a patient-centric chronic care collaboration platform.
View Details →Fifth-generation PM5 portfolio platform for institutional firms: one eTrade ticket, mandate compliance, and a HyperLedger broker layer on Azure.
Full Case Study →Defined the product and solution architecture for a brand-integrated digital music store: one commerce core across web, mobile, download clients, and partner sites.
Full Case Study →Built and commercialized a multi-channel marketing automation platform serving Fortune 500 brands — Pepsi, Visa, Nokia, TELUS, Universal, XBOX, Cadillac, and more.
View Case Studies →Interactive iPad editions of literary IP, from A Christmas Carol to Bram Stoker's Dracula, built and sold as consumer apps.
View Details →Delivered a purpose-built ERP/MES system for steel service centers — real-time inventory visibility, production scheduling, and ROI measurement for heavy industry.
View Details →AXIGAMING is a white-label iGaming platform and operator back office built as a vertical of AXERP by Axina Group. Daniel Brody leads the architecture as President & CTO of Axina; CTO Rescues has a stake in Axina.
The design starts from the SuperDraft lesson: nine vendors, 100+ games, one wallet, and the time went into reconciliation and proof, not the games. Generic platforms answer those problems with more rules, more queues and more people. AXIGAMING puts AI on the event stream of an immutable gaming ledger, so every model sees the same facts the regulator sees — and no model can move money.
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Generic casino platforms are built to process bets, then bolt risk and compliance on afterwards. The result is predictable. AML runs on static thresholds that flood analysts with false positives and miss networks spread across accounts, devices and cards. KYC is a manual queue that stalls every new player. The lobby is sorted by popularity or by which provider paid for placement. Reconciliation breaks between the ledger, the payment providers and the game vendors land in spreadsheets. Compliance is a quarterly review of controls that drifted months ago, and responsible gambling reacts after the harm.
| Problem | Generic platform | AXIGAMING AI |
|---|---|---|
| AML | Static thresholds; one alert per rule; networks invisible | Regulator rules + behavioural anomaly models + a graph across players, devices, addresses and payment instruments. Catches structuring, mule rings, chip-dumping and deposit-and-withdraw with little play. Cases arrive with the evidence attached. |
| KYC | Every player in a manual queue | Risk-tiered pipeline: document forensics, selfie liveness and deepfake detection, sanctions and PEP screening with an LLM brief on adverse media, source-of-funds extraction, duplicate-identity checks. Low-risk players clear in minutes; enhanced due diligence always goes to a person. |
| Lobby | Popularity and paid placement | Collaborative filtering and game embeddings, learning-to-rank per player and session, bandit exploration so new studios get fair exposure, then a policy pass for jurisdiction, limits and RG. Optimised for fit, not maximum spend; "why shown" stored for audit. |
| Responsible gambling | Limits and a help link | Loss-chasing, session length, night play and deposit escalation feed an RG risk score. At-risk players get a neutral lobby, no promotions and automatic reality checks. RG overrides every commercial model. |
| Reconciliation | Spreadsheet breaks | Classifies ledger vs payment-provider vs game-vendor mismatches and routes each to finance with the matching rows. |
| Compliance | Quarterly manual review | Tracks regulator publications and maps changes to controls; checks every release against the certified baseline (math hashes, RTP floors, game lists, limits) and blocks drift; drafts regulator returns reconciled to the ledger; answers auditor questions with citations. |
AI is only as good as the record it reads. Every deposit, bet, result, win, pot, rake and bonus is written once to an append-only, hash-chained ledger tagged with the jurisdiction, the geolocation verdict and the certified game build. Models consume that stream without sitting in the bet path, so play is never slowed and every score can be traced to the exact rows it saw. AXERP receives the reconciled postings for finance, CRM and the AI data lake, hosted on AWS and Microsoft Azure.
AXIGAMING is in pilot. AxiCasino runs in free-play demo mode, and real-money deployments follow supplier licensing and test-lab certification market by market. Figures above describe the design, not production results. The public white paper below covers the design; the full development white paper is available to qualified operators under NDA.
AXIGAMING white paper (public edition, October 2026)
Executives and operators waste hours every day manually routing data between tools — copying WhatsApp messages into task boards, logging calendar time, chasing meeting notes. Daniel Brody engineered the Autonomic PMO to eliminate that entirely: a sovereign AI coworker running locally on a MacBook that connects your communications, calendar, project board, and cloud storage through a single Claude CLI terminal — at roughly $5/month in infrastructure cost.
Built on the open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP), this is the same system Daniel uses to run lean, high-output operations as a Fractional CTO. If your executive team is ready to stop acting as manual data routers, this is what that looks like in practice.
XGC Corp delivers cutting-edge environmental technology that merges AI, ERP, and Blockchain into a unified platform — purpose-built to manage national-scale carbon registries and digital environmental assets. Governments and enterprises partner with XGC Corp to deploy trusted, compliant, and transparent systems for carbon credit issuance, validation, and market trading.
Global climate programs struggle with fragmented data sources, manual MRV (Measurement, Reporting, and Verification) processes, and outdated systems that cannot support transparency or traceability. These limitations slow down verification, restrict market access, and hinder the flow of capital into sustainable projects.
Governments needed a sovereign digital infrastructure that could ensure environmental integrity, accelerate project approvals, and enable participation in global carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
XGC Corp engineered a platform that integrates Artificial Intelligence for validation, ERP governance for registry operations, and Blockchain for security and transparency.
AI models process satellite imagery, drone footage, and IoT sensor data to detect deforestation, vegetation changes, and environmental impact. Verification time cut from months to days with audit-grade accuracy.
The ERP layer manages the complete carbon-credit lifecycle — issuance, transfer, retirement, and compliance — with real-time dashboards for ministries, investors, and auditors.
Verified credits tokenized on a permissioned blockchain — immutable records, real-time visibility for all stakeholders, prevents double-counting, and opens access to global carbon exchanges.
By merging AI, ERP, and blockchain, XGC Corp empowers nations to transform environmental data into verified digital assets. This creates trust, accelerates finance, and establishes a transparent, sovereign-controlled infrastructure for the next generation of carbon markets.
AI · ERP · Blockchain — Seamlessly Integrated for Climate Integrity.
Innovating the iGaming Experience: SuperDraft Platform
In the dynamic world of iGaming, the integration of advanced technology with user-centric design is key to delivering an exceptional gaming experience. My recent project for SuperDraft is a testament to this synergy, where I spearheaded the development of a pioneering iGaming platform. Collaborating with nine distinguished vendors, we crafted a seamless, single-wallet system that transcends the ecosystem of SuperDraft products. This innovative platform, rooted in ADW (Advance Deposit Wagering) for live horse racing, leverages the powerful capabilities of GPN's Fusion API. This integration enabled us to simulate the exhilarating feel of real slot play, while ensuring transparency in the known outcomes of each game. The platform boasts a diverse portfolio of over 100 games, each meticulously designed to engage and thrill users, setting a new benchmark in the online gaming industry.
At the forefront of innovation in online gaming, ELS Gaming has expertly merged the excitement of slot-based play with the strategic depth of Historical Horse Racing (HHR). Utilizing comprehensive HHR statistics from four distinct races, ELS Gaming has created a unique gaming experience that mimics the thrill of real slot machines. This pioneering approach is designed specifically for the online gaming sector in Oregon, operating under the stringent regulations and licensing of the Oregon Racing Commission (ORC). This integration not only capitalizes on the burgeoning sector of online wagering but also aligns perfectly with the rapid growth and technological advancements in the gaming industry. ELS Gaming's initiative with Luckii.com is set to redefine the boundaries of online gaming, offering an unparalleled and authentic slot playing experience to users in Oregon.
FNTSY Games focused on consumer fan experience and gaming. Fandium is a social game-day experience for professional and collegiate sports, complete with aggregated live content and streaming social feeds connecting the fans at the stadium and at home.
CareRelay is a patient-centric health collaboration platform that improves communication, coordination, and outcomes for patients with chronic and complex conditions. It enables secure information sharing among patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers across mobile and web apps.
CTORescues supported CareRelay's product development, infrastructure strategy, and HIPAA-compliant cloud architecture — from MVP to acquisition. This included leading technical design, mobile app development, secure messaging frameworks, and EMR interoperability planning.
Video Content Management System
Anthem Media Custom Analytics Dashboard
CareRelay Partner Pitch Deck (2019)
CareRelay App Demo Presentation (2019)
Assureaxe is the fifth generation of a portfolio and operational-risk platform first built by Michael Hyman inside GH Asset Management (GHAM) in London. Four earlier generations had already kept GHAM from adding operations staff and cut human error while the firm won new mandates. In 2016 Daniel Brody, as CTO, re-architected generation five, Portfolio Manager PM5, as an online platform for small and medium-sized institutional firms.
The 2016 investor presentation titles it a HyperLedger FinTech broker system: blockchain-enforced transaction integrity, compliance audit trails, and tamper-proof settlement records, on a Microsoft Azure PaaS foundation. PM5 starts with one screen, the eTrade Ticket, and carries each trade through mandate checks, lot-by-lot accounting, End-of-Day posting, valuation, settlement, and custodian reconciliation.
After 2008, operating costs rose while margins on new assets shrank, and every extra manual step in the back office added the chance of a fat-finger error. Errors often showed up only at settlement. Portfolios mixed bonds and cash with options, futures, swaps, forward FX, repo financing, and currency hedges, and most systems tracked those pieces apart. Client mandates set limits on credit ratings, issue size, leverage, geography, sector, currency hedging, and Value-at-Risk. Breaches had to be caught as the ticket was written, and every client book had to balance to the penny at the end of the day.
The portfolio manager drags Bloomberg's amber instrument icon into the eTrade Ticket. The Bloomberg API (BLPAPI 3.8) fills ratings, issue size, and accrued-interest terms, so PM5 no longer keeps a separate instrument library. The ticket records dates, nominal, price, counterparty, and custodian, and switches tabs by instrument: bond, equity, FX, futures, and options. Database rules cover credit ratings, percentage of an issue, geography, and sector. Formula rules cover leverage and Value-at-Risk.
Accounting is lot by lot. Each trade gets a number and is closed against that number, which gives auditors a trail into segregated accounts at the custodian. End-of-Day posts matured positions, coupons, FX settlements, and hedge closures, and updates 13 balance fields per client account and currency. Valuation shows cash and derivatives together, including financing cost, collateral, and margin. Performance follows GIPS time-weighted returns or Modified Dietz. Fees are a share of portfolio value, or performance against a hurdle or a public index.
The SRS specifies the stack on Microsoft Azure: AngularJS and Bootstrap for the ticket, Node.js as the web server, Redis cache, a SQL Server elastic pool with a database per money manager, DocumentDB for history and reports, Blob storage, and custodian APIs (WSO2 was evaluated for that layer). Log-on requires a one-time password. Three failed attempts lock the account and notify the compliance officer. The 2016 presentation places HyperLedger under that stack for transaction integrity and the mandate audit trail.
This case study records the June and July 2016 requirements, prototype, and investor presentation. The same material is the source for the title HyperLedger FinTech Broker System.
Assureaxe Presentation (2016)
Assureaxe case study (PM5 architecture, 2016)
BrandSpins, Inc., of La Jolla, California, set out to offer a branded digital music store on every screen a customer uses: desktop web, phone and tablet, native apps, downloadable players, and a store embedded in a partner's own website. The tagline was "more music, more places."
In September 2014, Daniel Brody defined the product and the solution architecture for Billy Tuchscher, president and CEO. One storefront and eCommerce core sits in the middle. The MN Open music-data API supplies the catalog, search, preview, and download. Each brand connects through single sign-on, its payment gateway, and its financial system. The store template carries that brand's logo, menus, and links back to its site.
The same purchase had to work everywhere, including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Internet Explorer 6 through 11, plus mobile Safari, the Android 2.3 browser, and BlackBerry OS 7. Seven product lines had to share one cart, one account, and one purchase history: the desktop store, the mobile web store, download clients and a desktop player, native apps, marketing automation, analytics, and CMS plug-ins. The native app had to be a real app, and it still had to use the same cart as the website. Every partner brought its own accounts, payment gateway, and reports. Catalog and customer identities came from MN Open, which BrandSpins did not own. Transactional email and marketing email had to stay separate, with an explicit opt-in for newsletters and promotions.
The architecture is a hub. Content and identity flow into the storefront. Web, mobile, download clients, the desktop player, and WordPress-style CMS plug-ins connect through defined interfaces, so a new channel does not rebuild commerce. Playback uses jPlayer (MIT), with HTML5 and a Flash fallback. Microsoft targets were Xbox 360 and Windows 8. A data warehouse, with Google Analytics eCommerce, reports sales, products, demographics, and abandoned carts for BrandSpins and for each partner.
Those seven sections were then grouped into four workstreams a delivery team could own: web for desktop and mobile, the mobile application, marketing and data analytics, and third-party connections.
This case study records the September 2014 product definition and architecture. The January 2015 FNTSY Games specification reused this product structure. See Consumer iGaming and sports platforms.
BrandSpins case study (architecture dated September 2014)
Built and commercialized a multi-channel marketing automation platform — the YIELD Marketing Control Center — serving Fortune 500 brands across loyalty programs, SMS campaigns, online contests, and video marketing. Clients included Pepsi, Visa, Nokia, TELUS, Universal, XBOX, Cadillac, Purina, and more.
Cadillac & TELUS — Innovative Online/Mobile Video Contest
Mazda — Graduate Rebate Program Text Entry
Purina — Marketing Control Center for Marketers
Stars on Ice — Online Community & Fan Relationship
Nokia Blue Groove Party — SMS Drink Ordering
Pepsi — 300M+ Product PIN Loyalty Program
TELUS/FIS — Text Voting, FIS Snowboard World Championships
Universal Studios — Email Campaign & Oscar Campaign
Visa Canada — Online Contest
West 49 — Canadian Skateboard Championships Brand & Events
XBOX Gamer Grind — Fan-to-Pro Head-to-Head Campaign
PadWorx Digital Media pioneered interactive digital publishing — transforming classic literary IP into award-winning iPad apps at a time when the App Store was defining the consumer digital media market. These projects combined storytelling, interactive design, and mobile engineering to create commercially distributed digital products.
Arcbazar.com — Marketplace for Crowdsourcing Architecture
There's Nothing Like Australia iPad App
Digger Cleans His Room — Children's Book iPad App
The Snow Ball — eBook App Trailer
Puff, the Magic Dragon — App for Sterling
Alice Madness Returns Flash Promo — EA Games
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies — Interactive eBook Trailer
PadWorx Digital Media — A Christmas Carol Teaser
Bram Stoker's Dracula for iPad — PadWorx
Purpose-built ERP/MES platform for steel service centers — delivering real-time inventory visibility, production scheduling, and measurable ROI for heavy industry operations. Covered in major trade publications for transforming operational decision-making in steel manufacturing.
Peer-reviewed industry publications from Metal Producing & Processing and Modern Metals Magazine on ERP strategy, ROI measurement, and supply chain optimization in steel service centers.
Metal Producing & Processing
Inventory Visibility to Cut Fixed Costs, Boost Customer Service — Part 1
Metal Producing & Processing
Inventory Visibility to Cut Fixed Costs, Boost Customer Service — Part 2
Modern Metals Magazine
Measuring Intangibles in Your ROI
Modern Metals Magazine
Realizing the Promise of Information Technology in Steel Service Centers
The case studies and publications above represent a partial portfolio of work built across 30+ years as an enterprise CTO — spanning carbon markets, digital health, regulated gaming, financial technology, digital music commerce, marketing platforms, enterprise ERP, and digital media. Every engagement is defined by one objective: translating technical execution into measurable business outcomes.
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If you are a founder, CEO, investor, or board seeking a Fractional CTO to build, stabilize, commercialize, or prepare your technology platform for a capital event — reach out directly.
These engagements represent the depth of experience behind every CTO Rescues mandate. If your challenge is product velocity, platform reliability, technical due diligence, or exit preparation — let's talk.
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